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FPA Celebrates Excellence in Flexible Packaging

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... colorful packages were surface printed with water-based, electron beam-curable inks, as well as an EB ultra-gloss lacquer developed specifically for these packages. The soft candy needed a high-barrier ...

New Label Press Moves Company to the Next Level

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February 28, 2001, ... FLEXcon. Schultz Bros. uses all water-based inks, which are supplied by Arcar Graphics. Action Rotary Die supplies die tooling. Long Runs, Short Press Schultz expects the investment in the Scout will ...

Materials

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January 31, 2001, ... and P1650 permanent tackified acrylic adhesive. Available with a variety of liners, this water-based adhesive has passed OEM automotive underhood specifications. Said to offer excellent thermal stability ...

Forging Ahead into the Digital Printing Frontier

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January 31, 2001, ... Technicote, and Spinnaker. The company uses nothing but water-based inks, provided by Water Ink Technologies and Environmental Inks & Coatings. Prepress equipment includes three Anderson & Vreeland platemakers. ...

Materials

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December 31, 2000, ... film. Water-Based Foaming Adhesive Line Expands E.T. Oakes Corp., Hauppauge, NY; 631/232-0002 A new series of Ad-Foam water-based adhesives is available in three price and production ranges. Adhesives ...

Think the Ink You're Using Is A No-Brainer? Think Again

(Materials)

December 31, 2000, ... technological differences between a water-based ink and a UV ink—how each is handled, how each is stored, and so on." Tom Jay, VP of sales and marketing, Sicpa Securink Corp., Springfield, VA, explains ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... IL; 708/562-0550; sunchemical.com Polypro water-based flexo ink system reportedly offers vibrant, high-fidelity color printing. Designed for polycoated board liquid packaging and PE film applications, ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... without using the usual turn bars—two print decks are reversible, filling the request. The front-side print goes into the cutter top side up without turn bars. The press is designed for water-based ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... substrates; and high-speed printing. Available for UV letterpress, UV screen, UV offset, UV flexo, and water-based flexo technologies. Offered in one- and two-component forms. Suitable for a wide range ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... press speeds. This trend is difficult for water-based flexo systems, since it requires higher pigment loading and excellent transfer characteristics. Advances in computer-to-plate technology are changing ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... produce using solvents now can be completed in less than 1 hr, according to co. Plates are compatible with standard solvent- and water-based flexo printing inks. Anilox Roll Cleaner Includes Reclaim ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... properties; can be printed with water-based inks; and no electrostatic charge. For information contact EuroWaxPack, Laan Copes van Cattenburgh 79, 2585 EW, The Hague, Netherlands; +31-70-312-3917; mail@eurowaxpack.com. ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... cleaning product for flexo UV inks, UV overspray varnishes, and UV coatings. Mfr. says Yellow Magic cleans more easily and quickly than old cleaning products, cutting clean-up time in half. The water-based ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, ... printing plates from Miller Graphics, water-based flexo inks from Manders Premier, and Ultracell anilox rolls from Apex." The folding boxes produced in Eindhoven are mostly white, brown, or gray, yet ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... him to the Schiavi, including the 65-in.-wide web width, "extensive" drying capacity, and a "robust" design structure that allows it to deliver long runs of water-based printing at high speeds. In addition, ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... such as water-based technology and 100% solids technology. 1980s Snack foods packaged in canister-type packaging, i.e., chips, peanuts 1984-1985 Cold-seal patterned adhesive introduced; ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

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February 29, 2000, ... Ludlow, and Van Leer Flexibles Inc. Ludlow and Coating & Laminating Specialties also supply foils. Bancroft uses only water-based inks. Main suppliers for inks and UV lacquer are Sun Chemical and Progressive ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... Paper, Westvaco, and Jefferson Smurfit-for solid bleached sulfate (SBS). Environmental Inks, Akzo Nobel, and Arcar supply UV and water-based inks; coatings come from Pierce & Stevens and Northwest Coatings. ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ... materials such as shrink sleeves, adhesives and ultraviolet inks in the proper temperature range for trouble-free converting. With the proliferation of exotic substrates and water-based inks, surface ...